Suno, the center of the continent of Calradia, is known for its sheer size and large population, and its prosperity today has completely reversed what it was hundreds of years ago as the capital of the sacred kingdom of ancient Calradia. Due to www.biquge.info the convenient transportation, business travelers from all over the world gather in the city, and the state of security is completely better than other cities on the mainland, which is a perfect city integrating residence, business and geographical advantages.

On December 12, 1257, the day of the gathering of the vassals of the Holy Kingdom of Ancient Calradia, the convener of the meeting was arranged in a dark corner of the metropolis of Suno, in an underground arena where the three sects and the nine streams gathered......

"Fei, it's time for you to meet your client, right?"

"Don't worry, Count Aracis, I don't want to see him......"

The meeting was set for midnight, and Aracis, who arrived at dusk, had to watch the ferocious gladiatorial battles of the underground fighters from the arena stands, with Faye, who happened to meet, and used the opportunity to make bets to earn some jackpots to pay for the pastries that had been consumed.

"Looks like you already know who hired you, right?"

"Who else can there be besides the uncle who likes to be a whole person, and he should be the only one who knows my identity......"

Just as the two were talking and laughing, the referee in the gladiatorial arena shouted: "Next!

The spectators in the stands instantly boiled, each throwing a large number of dinars into the gladiatorial arena, and even throwing away their weapons, as if it was their greatest honor for the two fighters to use them.

"Atros? What kind of trick is he doing? Do you really think we won't recognize him with a mask......

Alassis and Faye kept complaining about the figure that appeared at the entrance of the gladiatorial arena, and the image of Atros wearing a free-lancer uniform but only a mask was really bad, and it seemed that this was not the limelight that a councillor should be. But Atros didn't think so, and raised the galloping sword in his hand to respond to the audience's gradually rising emotions, but the appearance of another person made his calm mind instantly tense.

Okuma, the first swordsman in the snowfield, who was full of vicissitudes, also walked into the duel arena, and the double tooth blades flew out of the burden behind him at the same time, and both the big knife and the short blade pierced the ground, which seemed to be a provocation to Atros's confidence, he stepped forward and patted his opponent on the shoulder, and greeted: "Zero Atros, the leader of the Free Knights, a member of the Calradia Council?"

"I said, little brother, can you not use this questioning tone...... I'm just here to make soy sauce, so there's no need to be so plain, right?" said the recognized Atros with a wry smile.

"Hehe, it's the first time we've met...... Ahh

"This isn't a snowy field, take off your padded jacket, you're still wearing a suit of light plate armor!" he began to fight back, counting Okumar's outfit.

As Atros said, Okouma tore off his torn cotton garment, and was still wearing a set of special plates that were less cumbersome and easy to move, but could withstand knives and guns, and Atros's slash did no harm to him.

A long silence ensued, and as the audience grew tired of the silent mental battle between the two, Oguma drew his slasher from the ground and slammed Atros back a few steps in a way that meant the beginning of the duel, but it also meant the end.

"You won, you and I are equal, but under this tense cold war, you can maintain such composure, and you can show great confidence in your ease, I am convinced that I lost......" Oguma nodded in acknowledgment, then picked up the knife and gradually retreated into the background.

"Do heroes cherish each other, my physical strength can't keep up with you young people, it's a pity!ahahaha!" Atros smirked as the difficult opponent left, while the audience was a little disappointed, complaining about what should have been a very exciting duel.

At this time, in order to play the round, the referee announced the start of the next matchup, and Atros gradually walked into the stands amid the scolding of the audience......

"Aha! Isn't this the Count Chanda who knows all day long about smuggling art and dangerous weapons? miss me! Arassis Gray!~"

Atros walked around the audience's eyes and came to Arassis, and before Arassis could answer, he shouted to Faye, who was trying to leave quietly, "Stinky boy! Yes, I just called you! Come and sit down, I have something I want to ask clearly......"

Fei had no choice but to shake his head and sit back on the stool, and Arassis also replied, "Old friend, have you also foreseen the movements of the dark forces?"

"Of course, I'm a god!"

"Why didn't I ever think so, you weren't just a little clever in the year I've been serving under you......"

"Your sister, Shoey August told me okay, is my word so doubtful......

As Atros told the truth, Faye suddenly remembered something and asked, "Shaw, has she been to Gronia, so why hasn't she returned?" ”

"Impossible, they set sail a few weeks ago, and they should have returned to the mainland by the time......, right?

Faye was very worried about his sister, and Atros's answer was also full of uncertainty, so Alassis expressed his conjecture: "Minella Island, the first stop of the Wings of Liberty mission is there, I think Shoy should go there again to find clues." ”

"I hope the Earl is right, I can't imagine what happened to her, now let's talk about the specifics? ”

"I'm looking for you this time to settle accounts for the past, as well as ......"

The wait was always long, the arena was closed before midnight, and the spectators were largely gone, leaving only a few fighters who called the arena home still asleep in the spectators. A relatively spacious preparation room for the players was set up as a makeshift council chamber, which was very simple, but it was equipped with tables, chairs, paperwork, security exits and other measures. As soon as the clock strikes midnight, members of the Calradia Parliament gather here to discuss issues for the entire continent......

"Bell, bell, bell......"

Finally, the bell of the bell tower in the north-central part of the city of Suno, above the underground arena, struck twelve, and the empty council hall finally welcomed the first councillor, and Atros, who had always walked alone, smiled and walked into the hall with about twenty empty seats, and sat down on the wooden chair with his name written on it.

"Hmph...... I didn't expect you to be a swordsman among the councilors?"

Following Atros's voice, Oguma also stepped into the council chamber, but he led the way for his leader, the leader of the snow bandits, Shiromar, who sat in the seat of Count Torinore, while Oguma stood respectfully beside him to watch over him.

"Hello Grand Master, I haven't seen you for twenty years, and you are still so heroic...... Xiao Ao is my guard, don't care. "The white vein, i.e. Torinore, explained Oguma's identity to Atros.

"How can you allow a snow bandit to participate in such a formal meeting!?Torinore, you have disgraced our committee!!"

An imposing aristocratic woman walked in and cast a contemptuous look at Oguma beside Bai Wen, who hurriedly mediated: "Lady Asona, he is my retinue, please don't be surprised......

"Azona, you lowly mother-in-law is still so spicy, it's not Sir Torinole who has disgraced the committee, but you, right?"

"Oh, isn't this my cousin who will do anything for the throne?" was audible from Esona's tone, disgusted by the speaker's arrival. This middle-aged man dressed in gilded plate armor and wearing a noble sword at his waist walked in empty-eyed, he was the current king of the kingdom of Ryrdian, whose ancestors were the nobles of the Empire and the Holy Kingdom, Haraus.

Twenty years ago, Harlaus attended the meeting as an observer with his brother Harles, because of his own unique views on some topics, Harlaus's reputation at that time far overshadowed that of Harles, who was an official participant, and Asona also accompanied her father, Prince Eastridge, to the meeting, and saw Harlaus's ruthless political decisions, and later lost to this brother in the battle for the throne, and then was demoted to a common nobleman, her hatred for Harlaus naturally accumulated, and she made trouble in the council chamber.

"Is this farce over?What is the right thing to do in front of so many councillors?Even though you are the ruler of Ryrdian, you are only a baron in the Holy Kingdom at the meeting, understand?" The dispute between Harlaus and Ethona continued until the last councillor arrived, and when the last councillor, the Holy Pope, the Marquis of Matthews, stepped into the council chamber with the executors Rolf and Trevor, in his not strong tone, Ethona and Harlaus reluctantly ended the quarrel and sat back in their place with a cold snort, and Matthews also sat in the position of speaker, and announced the official opening of the meeting.

It has been nearly an hour since the meeting began, and in addition to some issues related to the livelihood of the people on the mainland, the discussion has finally reached its climax, that is, the war on the fate of the mainland.

The current king of Rhodok, one of the barons of the Holy Kingdom, Griffivus began to tell about the evil deeds of the Drua Church in Rhodoc's territory, and bluntly suggested that Haraus put aside the dispute with his own country and form a joint army to defeat the growing number of Dark Cultists and eliminate them from the continent.

"Griffs, you and Harlaus are the only ones here who are the leaders of the country today. To tell the truth, the Dark Cult has also continued to rise in my former country, and even threatened the safety of King Yarogerk's territory, but unfortunately I have retired from politics and cannot influence the king's political path......" Bai Wen, who used to be a very famous politician in the Kingdom of Vigia, shook his head helplessly.

"Big brother, why don't you let me infiltrate the snow leopard fortress in Zhivadin? I think I might be able to persuade King Yarogark to give up the war for the time being and join the resistance against the Drua Church in the form of a threatening letter!"

"The action is bold and concise!But boy, are you too arrogant?The Snow Leopard Fortress is no less than the fortress of my Iron-walled Castle of Djalkara!Do you think it is wise to do so!?" Greifus laughed at Okuma's bold suggestion, as if it were impossible.

"yes! it won't work! The Virgians' archery will turn you into a honeycomb before you enter the fortress!"

"This is a fantasy at all! Young man, don't die!"

"Be vexatious, tie up this arrogant boy and throw him out of the council chamber!"

Seeing that the opposition was gradually rising, Oguma put down his burden and took out his twin knives, Rolf and Trevor also held Oguma's blade almost at the same time, and a shock spear fell from the top of the conference room, and Feiye, who had been lurking on the roof and was in charge of security, raised his gun upside down and stabbed Oguma in the throat......

"Huh...... Tornado Slash!" The twin knives bounced off Trevor and Rolf around them like a tornado under Oguma's swing, and kicked Faye off the rope with a flying kick, seeing that he was about to hurt the participants, he hurriedly put away the double knives and pulled the kicked Fiye back to his side, and stretched out his hands to Trevor and Rolf.

"Oguma Wolfgang! It's a pleasure to play against you three masters!"

"Baron Gabriel Rolf! You're the Wolf of the Snowfield, fortunately!"

"Trevor Raphael Belmondo, I've heard of you for a long time as the number one master in the snowfield!

Rolf and Trevor shook Ogumar's hand and introduced themselves, before the trio turned their gaze to the unknown Fi.

"I'm Fei Ogst, a mercenary working underground, entrusted by Atros to secretly protect the councillors! It seems that I was exposed prematurely, thanks to your recklessness Brother Oguma......" Fei smiled bitterly and shook his head, squeezed away the three of them leaning against the wall with their guns, and the members of the House of Representatives at the conference table complained about this farce, and the whole council exploded.

"I vouch for Xiao Ao's skills, he is absolutely capable of entering the Snow Leopard Fortress and bypassing the layers of guards to meet King Yarogerk, and then send the news we want him to know, and then it will be up to him to decide to accept our suggestion!"

The long-running meeting was finally brought back to the subject by Hakuma, and the House of Representatives had different opinions, and finally the majority voted to let Okumar give it a try, and the success or failure was left to Hakumar alone.

"Well, now it's time to move on to the next topic, how to inform those steppe mongrels and the northern barbarians, political negotiations will only cause disputes between countries!" Harlaus, who has great ambitions, naturally does not have a good opinion of his neighbors, and intends to seek the opinions of everyone present.

"The Nord Kingdom can leave it to me, I have been friends with King Ragnar for many years, not to mention that Chanda does not belong to any of the current national factions, and it is very suitable to give advice to Ragnar!" Alassis, who had not spoken for a long time, expressed his opinion and gave a major policy to win over the Kugits.

"Do you know the famous Black Flag Kujit? The three major tribes of Kujit are also from Kuska, when the Khanate was established on the mainland more than a hundred years ago, the strongest Black Flag tribe stayed abroad, they have no political opinions, but resist the rule of the Khanate, if they can be convinced, then it will not be easy to pass the news to the Saiga Khan through them!"

Arassis's proposal was opposed by several of the Ryl members present, and the Rhodok councillors were unable to make a decision, except for a member of parliament whom none of the present had ever seen, a knight of the Order in heavy armor.

"It's good, I think the famous Prairie Eagle will gladly accept it...... But with their current strength, it was almost impossible to defeat Saiga's army...... Does the Earl have any other plans?"

The knight noticed that some of the councilors were starting to talk about their identities, so he briefly introduced: "Ryan, you can call me that, you can call me that, I represent a remnant of the Imperial Knights for hundreds of years, and I am also one of the lords of the Holy Kingdom, don't worry about the news leaking, let's return to the topic!"

Alassis nodded and sighed, "It seems that the blood of my Zenda warriors is about to be spilled on the Kugit steppe...... The mercenaries will hide their identities and join forces with Black Flag to find a way to relay messages to Sega on the battlefield. ”

"Almost, now that the strategy of the five nations to unite privately has been decided, it's time to discuss the state of affairs regarding the Dark Order, right?" Matthews jotted down the note and motioned to move on to the next topic.

Most of the members of the House of Representatives were people with real power and private armies, and they published some gossip about the Drua Church that their agents had discovered, and divided the news into three categories, namely military, personnel, and sacrificial......

The current state of affairs is that the Dark Order is spreading the religious ideas of the Drua Church throughout the continent, and inducing the people of Calradia to follow the dark god and embark on a pilgrimage of blood and fire. After the pilgrimage was stopped and the believers were purged, the Order's hunters went out to kill the resisters in all directions, using the baptism of blood and fire as a strange textbook for the believers, and the believers who gradually matured in the dark mind would accept the baptism of black magic from the upper echelons of the Church and become a Drua warrior with new powers. This was the ultimate goal of the cultists to burn and loot everywhere, so the excessive pursuit of power made the Drua church grow in adherents to the point where it could affect the mainland, and all this was just to relieve the pressure of the invasion of Calradia by a few Religious armies far away.

"For the belief in the ancient gods, the continent is still going on, we and other Calradians will naturally believe in the ancient gods of light, holiness, industry and commerce, farming, health, etc., since the fall of the alchemist clan who plagued the court with evil knowledge at the beginning of this era, the people of the continent have completely stayed away from heretical beliefs, but the god of darkness worshiped by Drua is also one of the ancient gods, which is also different from heresy, and those who are bewitched will naturally not have the will to resist, this is probably the advantage of the Drua Order......" As a religious person, Matthew Ste thought about it, followed by a few long sighs.

"The Nords believe in the god of arbitration, the Kugit believe in the god of war, and the Virgians believe in the god of wildness, they are also orthodox gods. The reason why those countries said that they were involved in Calradia one after another is also because of God's account, which is really like like and people are divided by groups!"

Matthews persuaded the councillor and explained: "All we can do is to stop the Dark Order from proselytizing on the mainland as much as possible, and let the past pass, after all, the Nords, Kugits, and Virgians do not want to harm our continent, but the Druas are different, they used to enslave people for an unknown purpose, obviously they didn't achieve it back then, and now they will make a comeback, you have to figure out which is more important." ”

"Understood, it's a gaffe, please continue to ...... Pope"

The man was silent, and the knight named Ryan took over and said, "I can do something in private, such as disrupting their actions from within by disguising myself as a cultist, but I'm not sure if my people agree with me. ”